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plicating

plicating is the present participle and gerund of plicate.

Meaning of plicate

Verb

plicate (third-person singular simple present plicates, present participle plicating, simple past and past participle plicated)

  1. To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).

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Questions about plicating

What is plicating the present participle and gerund of?
Plicating is the present participle and gerund of plicate.

Words near plicating in the dictionary

  1. plicate
  2. plicated
  3. plicately
  4. plicateness
  5. plicates
  6. plicating
  7. plication
  8. plications
  9. plicatulate
  10. plicatulid
  11. plicatulids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plicating (page history and authors); plicate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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